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US7070212B2
US7070212B2 US10/024,915 US2491501A US7070212B2 US 7070212 B2 US7070212 B2 US 7070212B2 US 2491501 A US2491501 A US 2491501A US 7070212 B2 US7070212 B2 US 7070212B2
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B77/00—Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes
    • E05B77/02—Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes for accident situations
    • E05B77/12—Automatic locking or unlocking at the moment of collision
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B47/00—Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by electric or magnetic means
    • E05B2047/0072—Operation
    • E05B2047/0076—Current to lock only, i.e. "fail-safe"
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B47/00—Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by electric or magnetic means
    • E05B47/0038—Operating or controlling locks or other fastening devices by electric or magnetic means using permanent magnets
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B77/00—Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes
    • E05B77/22—Functions related to actuation of locks from the passenger compartment of the vehicle
    • E05B77/30—Functions related to actuation of locks from the passenger compartment of the vehicle allowing opening by means of an inner door handle, even if the door is locked
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B81/00—Power-actuated vehicle locks
    • E05B81/02—Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the type of actuators used
    • E05B81/04—Electrical
    • E05B81/08—Electrical using electromagnets or solenoids
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B81/00—Power-actuated vehicle locks
    • E05B81/54—Electrical circuits
    • E05B81/90—Manual override in case of power failure
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10S292/23—Vehicle door latches
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/08—Bolts
    • Y10T292/1043—Swinging
    • Y10T292/1044—Multiple head
    • Y10T292/1045—Operating means
    • Y10T292/1047—Closure
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/11—Magnetic

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  • the present invention relates to latch arrangements, and in particular latch arrangements for use within doors of cars (automobiles).
  • Known car doors include latches for releasably retaining the car door in a closed position. Such latches can be locked when the car is left unattended or even when an occupant is in the vehicle so as to prevent access to the vehicle by unauthorised people.
  • Such latches can be moved between a locked and unlocked condition either by manual means such as by operating an inside sill button or an exterior key barrel, or they can be powered between the locked and unlocked conditions by a power actuator, which can be controlled remotely by, for example, infrared devices.
  • a problem with such power locking/unlocking is that in the event that power is lost, for example, during a road traffic accident or as a result of a flat battery, it may not be possible to change the state of the lock.
  • the occupant of the vehicle may find themselves locked in the vehicle immediately following the crash. This clearly has safety implications.
  • the power actuator is expensive to produce and manufacture.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an improved form of latch arrangement.
  • a latch arrangement including a latch, a release mechanism, a manually actuable element and a control means.
  • the latch is operable to releasably retain a striker in use and the release mechanism is capable of being moved by the manually actuable element from a rest position through an unlocked position to a release position to unlatche the latch.
  • the control means having a locked condition at which actuation of the manually actuable element does not cause unlatching of the latch and an unlocked condition at which during an initial movement of the manually actuable element, the release mechanism achieves the unlocked position and during subsequent movement of the manually actuable element, the release mechanism achieves the unlatch position.
  • control means can be configured to ensure the latch arrangement remains in a locked condition, independent of actuation of any door handles (inside or outside doors) when necessary.
  • FIG. 1 is a view of a latch arrangement according to the present invention
  • FIG. 1A is an enlarged view of part of the FIG. 1
  • FIG. 1B is a view similar to FIG. 1A with the magnetic pawl in a different position
  • FIG. 2 shows the latch arrangement of FIG. 1 part way through an opening operation in an unlocked but latched condition
  • FIG. 3 shows the latch arrangement of FIG. 1 at the end of an opening operation in an unlatched condition
  • FIG. 4 shows the latch arrangement of FIG. 1 wherein an attempt has been made to open the latch whilst in a locked condition.
  • a latch arrangement 10 having a latch 12 (only part of which is shown schematically), a release mechanism 16 , powered control means 18 and manually actuable elements in the form of inside handle 20 and outside handle 21 .
  • the latch 12 is mounted on a car door and is operable to releasably retain a striker mounted on fixed structure of the car, such as a B post or a C post.
  • the latch 12 typically might include a latch bolt in the form of a rotating claw which engages the striker.
  • a pawl can be provided to retain the latch bolt in its closed position.
  • the pawl includes a latch release element in the form of a pawl pin 14 .
  • the release mechanism includes release lever 26 , release link 28 , connector link 30 and lock/unlock lever 32 .
  • Release lever 26 is pivotally mounted about pivot C on chassis 24 of the latch arrangement.
  • One end 26 A of release lever 26 is connected via linkage 34 (shown schematically) to a manually actuable element in the form of an inside handle 20 .
  • End 26 A is further connected by a further linkage 35 (shown schematically) to a further manually actuable element in the form of an outside door handle 21 .
  • End 26 B of release lever 26 is connected via pivot D to end 28 A of release link 28 .
  • End 28 B of release link 28 includes an abutment 22 for engagement with pawl pin 14 as will be further described below.
  • Release link 28 is connected to end 30 A of connector 30 by pivot E which is positioned between end 28 A and 28 B.
  • End 30 B of connector 30 is connected to end of arm 32 A of lock/unlock lever 32 by a pivot F.
  • Lock/unlock lever 32 further includes arm 32 B having pin 37 and arm 32 C having abutment 38 and 39 . Lock/unlock lever 32 is pivotally mounted about pivot G onto chassis 24 .
  • Lock/unlock lever 32 is made from mild steel and hence in particular abutment 38 is made from a ferromagnetic material though in further embodiments this need not be the case (see below).
  • Powered control means 18 includes electromagnet 42 and magnetic pawl 44 .
  • Electromagnetic 42 is mounted on chassis 24 and includes windings 46 , core 48 and electric leads 50 and 51 .
  • Pawl stop 52 is provided on one side of the electromagnet 42 .
  • Magnetic pawl 44 includes a permanent magnet and is pivotally mounted about pivot H onto chassis 24 .
  • End 44 A of magnetic pawl 44 includes abutment 54 , 56 and 58 , which will be further described below.
  • a tension spring 60 is connected to chassis 24 and release lever 26 and acts to bias release lever 26 in a counterclockwise direction when viewing FIG. 1 .
  • a further tension spring 62 biases pin 37 and pivot 38 together.
  • springs acting in torsion can be used in particular springs acting in torsion (clock springs) in place of tension springs 60 and 62 to perform the same biasing action.
  • a lock/unlock lever stop 64 is mounted on the chassis 24 .
  • release link 28 As a result of tension spring 62 end 28 A of release link 28 is biased into engagement with pin 37 .
  • end of release lever 26 could engage pin 37 as could a part of pivot D.
  • Magnetic pawl 44 has a south pole at end 44 B and a north pole at end 44 A.
  • the centre of gravity of magnetic pawl 44 is substantially at pivot H since, in the event of a road traffic accident, such an arrangement will not tend to rotate the pawl as a result of acceleration or deceleration occurring during the accident.
  • a relatively light detent is provided to maintain the magnetic pawl 44 in either of the positions as shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B which can nevertheless be overcome by manual operation of the key or by pulsing the electromagnet.
  • the powered control means 18 has three conditions namely a first condition at which no power is applied to the windings and the magnetic pawl 44 is in the position as shown in FIG. 1B .
  • a third condition at which no power is supplied to the windings 46 and the magnetic pawl 44 is in position as shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the magnetic pawl is positioned as shown in FIG. 1 and thus does not restrict rotation of the lock/unlock lever 32 in a counterclockwise direction.
  • lock/unlock lever has rotated counterclockwise about pivot G to a position where arm 32 A has come into abutment with abutment 64 . It should also be noted that abutment 38 has become disengaged from the electromagnet 42 .
  • end 28 A of release link 28 has remained in contact with pin 37 .
  • connector 30 and release link 28 have also substantially rotated about pivot G.
  • abutment 22 had become aligned with pawl pin 14 . This can be contrasted with the position of abutment 22 as shown in FIG. 1 where it is not aligned with pawl pin 14 .
  • lock/unlock lever 32 cannot rotate further in a counterclockwise direction.
  • connector 30 is caused to rotate anticlockwise about pivot F relative to lock/unlock lever 32 .
  • abutment 22 of release link 28 moving into engagement with pawl pin 14 and moving it from position A as shown in FIG. 2 to position B as shown in FIG. 3 .
  • spring 60 and spring 62 return the release mechanism 16 and pawl pin 14 to the position as shown in FIG. 1 .
  • an abutment such as abutment 22 to be permanently aligned with a latch release element such as pawl pin 14 but remote therefrom such that with the latch arrangement in a locked condition the abutment approaches the pawl pin but does not move it and with the latch arrangement in an unlocked condition the abutment approaches, engages and then moves the pawl pin.
  • FIG. 2 shows schematically a power actuator P which is independently operable to release the latch.
  • a coded security device 70 in the form of an externally mounted key barrel into which can be inserted a key. Actuation of the key barrel via the key is capable of moving the magnetic pawl between the positions shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B .
  • the latch arrangement is configured such that when the associated vehicle is in use the control means is set to its second condition i.e. power is maintained to the windings. Under such circumstances electric power lost to resistance in the windings 46 can be compensated for by the fact that the engine of the vehicle is running and hence the battery recharging system (such as an alternator) can recharge the battery to ensure it does not go flat.
  • the battery recharging system such as an alternator
  • control means When the vehicle is parked and left unattended the control means can be set to its first condition to lock the latch. Note that the first condition of the control system does not cause any drain to the vehicle battery.
  • the control mechanism can also be set to its third condition when the vehicle is parked and is required to be in an unlocked condition. Note that in the third condition there is no drain on the battery.
  • the control means can be changed between its first and third condition by applying a pulse of electrical power to the windings in an appropriate direction.
  • the lock/unlock lever 32 With the vehicle in use and the control means in its second condition, as mentioned above, the lock/unlock lever 32 is maintained in the position as shown in FIG. 1 by power being fed to the electromagnet.
  • the control means In the event of a power failure, such as might occur following a road traffic accident, the control means will by definition change to its third condition and hence the doors will become unlocked and occupants of the vehicle will be able to escape from the vehicle.
  • a drained vehicle battery will prevent pulsing of the electromagnet to move the control means from the first and third condition to unlock the vehicle.
  • the key and key barrel can also be used to lock the vehicle if necessary.
  • the electromagnet 42 need only be strong enough to retain the lock/unlocked lever 32 in the position shown in FIG. 1 when the electromagnet is in its second condition when power is being supplied to the electromagnet.
  • the electromagnet has to be strong enough to overcome the forces in tension spring 60 during initial movement of inside or outside handle and it has to overcome the forces in tension spring 60 and 62 during a subsequent movement of the inside or outside handle.
  • the electromagnet is not required to be strong enough to move the lock/unlock lever from the position as shown in FIG. 2 to a position such that abutment 38 engages with the electromagnet.
  • control means 18 has two ways of preventing rotation of the lock/unlock lever 32 , namely by permanently energizing the windings 46 or by movement of magnetic pawl 44 to the position as shown in FIG. 1B .
  • the control means can be used to simply lock and unlock the vehicle e.g. when parked. As such it is only necessary for the windings 46 to be pulsed to move the magnetic between the positions as shown in FIGS. 1A and FIG. 1B .
  • the electromagnet 42 is not required to attract lock/unlock lever 32 which can therefore be made of a non ferromagnetic material, such as a plastics material.
  • the latch release mechanism 16 can then operate in its two stage manner i.e. alignment of abutment 22 with pawl pin 14 followed by movement of pawl pin 14 from position A to position B as shown in FIG. 1 to open the latch. Under such an arrangement it is preferable that the release mechanism 16 fully returns to the rest position upon release of the inside handle i.e. abutment 22 becomes mis-aligned with pawl pin 14 .

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